An independent analysis of the High Level Segment of the Human Rights Council At the opening of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, nearly one hundred world leaders (e.g. presidents, prime ministers, ministers) delivered high level speeches commenting on the state of global human rights in 2018, and presenting their country’s priorities for the year ahead. The Universal Rights …
The number of human rights recommendations made to Member States has increased rapidly over the past few years. To track progress with meeting these recommendations in a more systematic manner, a number of Member States have created specific tracking mechanisms and tools. In these efforts, they are increasingly turning to UN Country Teams for support. To enable UN field staff …
Polarisation and politicisation at the United Nations – words on the mind of every diplomat and international activist working on human rights. More often than not in debates and decisions at the Human Right Council, group dynamics come into play, often masking differences or commonalities in national positions. For example, a country that normally supports sexuality education may reverse its …
Desde hace mucho tiempo se debería haber reconocido globalmente el derecho a un medio ambiente saludable. Ahora están surgiendo oportunidades para hacerlo, lo que brindaría un apoyo crucial a los activistas medioambientales amenazados. En marzo de 2016, intrusos armados tiraron abajo la puerta de la casa donde se estaba quedando la activista medioambiental hondureña Berta Cáceres, de 44 años, y la mataron. Para entonces, Cáceres, cofundadora …
Global recognition of the right to a healthy environment is long overdue. There are opportunities emerging to do so, and this would give crucial support to threatened environmental activists. In March 2016, armed intruders battered down the door of the house where Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres, 44, was staying and killed her. By then, Cáceres, co-founder of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, …
Esta semana, la Secretaría del Consejo de Derechos Humanos lanzó un sitio web nuevo y mejorado que, en palabras de ellos, ofrece una “nueva apariencia y navegación mejorada”. Pero la verdad es que es mucho más eso. Las nuevas características ofrecidas por el este novedoso portal del Consejo representan un esfuerzo para acercar este órgano a sus partes interesadas y …
This week, the Human Rights Council’s Secretariat launched a new and improved website, which offers a ‘ new look & feel and improved navigation ’. But the truth is there is much more than meets the eye. The new features offered by the Council’s new portal represent an effort towards bringing the Council closer to its stakeholders and people on the ground; therefore, it contributes to enhancing …
Currently, Latin America is the most deadly region in the world to be an environmental defender. IUCN NL and other partners recently held a meeting in Bogota, Colombia, centered on improving the safety of these defenders. Attendee and IUCN NL Environmental Justice Expert, Liliana Jauregui, learnt that we need to take action on three levels; Protection mechanisms on the ground, sharing …
The notion of three generations of human rights has endured for 40 years. But it has no solid historical or analytic basis, and it obscures rather than clarifies the relationship between rights. The so-called “Three Generations Theory of Human Rights”—known for dividing human rights into three separate generations based on (1) civil and political rights; (2) economic, social and cultural …
Actualmente, América Latina es la región más letal del mundo para ser un defensor o defensora del medio ambiente. UICN-Países Bajos y otros socios celebraron recientemente una reunión en Bogotá, Colombia, centrada en mejorar la seguridad de estos defensores y defensoras. La asistente y experta en justicia ambiental de la UICN, Liliana Jáuregui, comprendió que debemos tomar medidas en tres niveles: …
